Reversible cuff



Jan. 29, 1935. M. l.. GoLDscHMlDT REVERS I BLE CUFF Filed July 12, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l R O T. N E V m ATTORN EY Jan. 29, 1935. M. 1 GoLDscHMlDT REVERS I BLE CUFF 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July l2, 1954 Y3,5 parent from. the-following detailed description, formsthe edge. ofthe cuif.

Patented Jan. 29, 1935 .y i,

UNITED STATES ATENT orrice Application July 12, 1934, serial No. 734,773

. In Germany December 31,1931

8 Claims. (Cl. 2`-123) v y This invention relates vto reversible cuis of Figure 9 isa perspective view showingthe cuif T-shaped cross sections wherein eitherfree porwith the elements separated .to show the con tion or ap may be folded down into parallel struction;,and I relationship with that portion of the cuff perma- Figure 10 isa transverse sectional view taken 45 nently secured to the sleeve. on the line 10`10 of 1Figure9. v5 The present invention has for one of its -obyThe cuff of this inventionis of; usual rectangu- J'ects a reversible soft cuff employing attached or lar shape, in'appearancefwhen inv position on the cooperative fastening means,such as a sewed-on sleeve 12 to which itis preferably `permanently button, which may be turned from the outerrside attached. It is formed, in effect, T-shaped in 10 of the unreversed cuff to the other side of the cross sectioniFigures 5, 6 and 10) of what may l0 cuff, when reversed and, in either position, being be consideredthree rectangular pieces or iaps so disposed `as to give the cui the appearance 14, 16,18, of'fabric, of which the longer edge of a vstandard cuiT. of what will be referred-'to as the sleeve flap 14, is Another object of the invention is fastening united. with adjacent `longer, redges of what will 15 devices fora T-shaped cui whereby thel forebe calledvthe outerfiap. 16 and theinner flap 18, l5 going object may be attained. ,A so calledk because that is the position they assume It is also an object of the invention to provide with. respect tor the sleeve in tl'lel disposition of -fastening devices. of differing characteristics Figures 1 and .7. The 'freeedge 0f the Sleeve flap which may be applied tothe cuffv of this. invenv14: is unitedwith the. sleeve v12 by, say, a row of tion. u. stitching. 19. Obviously, these `flaps 14, `16, 18 20 In carrying the. inventioninto effect,`the cuff may beseparate piecesstitChedjtOgether, or a comprises three panels joined to` one another single pieceV of .clothfolded to produce the same .along the common longer axis, fastening means effect. Preferably, the free corners ofthe outer being disposed at one end approximately on said iiap 16:` are rounded as shown. As the cuff is common axis, While at the other end'one of the normally laundered for use, the edge of the outer 25 .panels is providedv withxcooperatve fastening edge 16 forms the freeedge ofthe cuff, while the means, upon one side of said axis, and accessible innerflap'. 18 isilexposed to view onythe outside to the rst namedfasteningmeans, dependent of the` cuff over thesleevejap 14, as shown in upon which panel is exposed to viewin reversing Figure 1. When the cuff is.reversed in use, the

I l ap 16, instead of being in prolongation of the 30 .The inventionalso seeks a cuff construction by sleeve flap 14, as rshown in .Figures 1 and 3, vis

.which the aforesaid objects maybe attained.4 folded down insidethe sleeve flap 14, as ShOWIl y These and other objects of the invention and :in Figure 4. .Thenthe inner flap 18 is in pro- .the meansfor their attainment .will be more-aplongation of the sleeve flap 14, vand its free edge taken in connection with the laccompanying f Attheileft hand end of the cuff, as viewed in drawings, in which: Y Figurel, inwardlyof the line of juncture of the I Figure 1 is a view showing the outer face of the several flaps or.v line of fold 20, i. Ve.,fon vthe side reversible cuff of this invention. ready to be but'- of that line toward the sleeve, the inneriap 18 40 toned, say, about the arm of the wearer; is formed with a cooperating fastening device 40 Figure 2 isa View similar to Figure 1 but showshown as a button hole 22, as close to the 1-ine20 ing the cuff when reversed; -.as possible. `This` cooperating fastening means Figure 3 isa View showing the cuff of Figure 1 is thus accessible on yeither side ofv flap 18. A .in the normalposition of the sleeve; similar button hole 24, Figure 2, is formedlinvthe .Figure 4 is a .View similar to Figure 3 but with sleeve flap 14, at the same end of the cuir" and in 45 the cui reversed as in Figure 2; the same position relative to the line 20; These Figure 5 is `a transversed sectional View taken -two button holes, occupying `corresponding posion `the line 5 5 of Figure 3 but with the cuff tions with respect to the line 20-on the two fiaps, elements separated to illustrate the construction; are in register when thel inner flap 18 lies in jux- 5-0 Figure 6 is a sectional view, similar `to 1'igu`re 'taposition on the outside of the sleeve iiap 14, as 50 Y5.,*b`u`t taken on the line 6 6 of Figure 4; will be understood. ,A

Figure 'I is a view similar to Figure 1 but show- At the other end of the cuff, hereinafter 1reving modified fastening means for the cui; ferred to as thebutton end of the cuff,that 1s,

Figure 8 isa View similar to Figure -2 but with the righthandrend as viewed in Figures 1 and 2, the fastening means of Figure '7; `a. button hole '26.is` formed as closetol the line as possible, in the ap 18 (Figure 5). The other flaps at this end are not formed with button holes.

To the ap 18, at the mid point of the inner edge of the button hole 26, that is, the side nearest the line of fold 20, as shown in Figure 5, there is secured a button 27, slightly spaced from the edge of the button hole so that the thread securing the same tol the flap forms; in effect', a flexible shank, wherebyV the button may be moved from the outer side of the ap 18, when that is side, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 5.

In the position last described ofcourse; the-fv button hole 26 occupies a position outwardly' of the line of fold 20, as shown in Figure 2? In this position, however, of the iiap 18, thebutton hole 22' in thatflap at! the opposite endl of the cuff is-alsoabove or outwardly. of thev line offold 20', and is thus adapted to register withV` the button andi permititto be passed therethrough when the cuff is fastened'K about thewrist-of the wearer. rlfhus', when the cui??` is'in unreversed position with the outer flap'- 16` irr prolongation-` of the sleeve flap1`4, the button 27 is passed through the registering button holesV 22 and 24 at the other endl. Whenl the cuif is reversed sothat the inner flap 18' is in prolongationot thesl'eeve flap 1'4,and the' outerv iiap 16" is inwardly ofirthe sleeve flap, as shown in1 Figure 4, the button is passed back through'the'button hole126 so` as-to be on the" outside! oftheinner flap' 1'8, and passes only through the outer button'v hole 2'2 in the inner i'ap 18;..

Obviously, reference to2 the' arrangementv ofthe flaps illustrated' in Figure 1f, as norm andrei?- erence t'o the arrangement ofthe flaps illustrated in Figure 2` as reversed-"ispurely arbitrary..

In the modiiiczati'on` of' Figures 'T through' '10, the cufl'f is off the' same 'lf-shapeA in' cross section as that shownf in'` Figures 1 through` 62,. andthe same reference characters are afflxeda to,l corresponding parts.

e At what` corresponds tof the button'. end of the cuff of Figure 1, that is, the left handizend (Figure 9)' the cooperative fastening device prefer'- ably takes the form' of a snap fastener member, shown asj the female' member 30 fixed' on a slide or buckle 3l, which is adjustably and: removably mounted' on a tap'eor strap= 32;. sol positioned on the' cuff as to( movable to substantially' the line of foldi 20",no matter' how the cuff isreversed.

As shown in Figures.i 'lA and'v ltthe longitudinal median line of the tape 32l isbei'ow the'line of foldr20f, but the flexibility of the tape is suchv that the snapi fastener'member' 31= may, when the cuff is reversed, beat or slightly above the line of fold 20, the" slide being removed if desired and' re'- versed on the tapeV or the tapetwistedf so: that thefastener assumesy a position tot correspond to the position of the button in Figure2.

At the' other end: of the cuff, .the inner flap 18 is provided with a companion cooperative fastening device, say, a male snap* fastener member 34 positioned',` as is the button' hole in Figurer 1, be'- low or on the sleeveside' of fold 20, so that when the' cuff is closed the fastening members may be engaged. Coaxially with the male -snap'fastener member 34 is another male snap fastener 36 on the other sideY of the flap (Figure 9).

When the cuff is reversed', as inv Figure 8, the other companion' fasteningy member 36- is, as in 2, outwardly of the line-of fold 20, at the left hand end, while the fastening member 31 at the other end may be displaced, i. e., twisted and/or shifted laterally, as shown in Figure 8, so that its median line is substantially outwardly of the line of fold 20 to correspond with the position of the button in Figure 2.

It will be noted from an inspection of Figure 9 that the coaxial fastening devices 34, 36 correspond in every sense with the"A buttont hole 22 in the flap 18fof Figures 1' and 2, and isengageable with the cooperative fastening device 31 not only when the iiap 18 is folded down outside of the sleeveflap 14, but also when the flap 18 is in prolongation of the sleeve flap 14. The button hole; 24,1 as viewed in Figure 2, merely obviates interference. of. the sleeve flap 14 with the passageofthebuttonin the position of Figure 1.

Various modifications will occur to those skilled inthe ariin the method of combining the component elements going to make up the invention as awhole, as well as in the type of cooperative fastening devices selected, and nolimitation is intendedby the phraseology-y of the foregoing descriptionor illustrations inA the accompanying holes being so disposed that all three are inregister when the cuff is inV one position of reversal and only two are in registerv when the4 cuff isi the other position of reversal.

2. A- reversibl'e cuff comprising three flaps hingedly movable with respect toV one another Aalong a line of fold, one of said flaps being attached at its free edge to a sleeve, companion cooperative4 fastening means carried :with the respective ends of the cuff, one of said fastening means being movably carried with one end of the cuff andl movable from a position on one side of the line of fold to a position on the other side of said line to cooperate1 with the companion lfastening means, and companion fastening means at the other` end of the cuff on one of the flaps and accessibleto said first named fastening means from either side of said ap.

3*. A reversible cuff comprising three aps hingedly movable with respect to one another along a line of fold, one of said' flaps being attached at its free edge to a sleeve, a button hole formed in one ap adjacent aline of fold, a buttonmovably carried with an edge of the button hole at one end of the cuff and movable from a position on one side of the flap to a position on the other side of said flap. and a button hole formed at the other end of the same flap on the lsame side ofthe line of fold and engageable with said button from either side.

4. A reversible cuff comprising `three flaps hingedly movable with respect to one another along a line of fold, oneV of said flaps being attached at its free edge to a sleeve, a button hole formed in one flap adjacent a line of fold, a button movably carried with an edge of the button hole at one end of the cuff and movable from a a position on one side of the flap to a position on the other side of said ap, a button hole Aformed at the other end of the same nap on` the same side of the line of fold and a second button; hole formed in another4 flap throughy whichthe button may pass whereby the rst button hole is accessible to said button from either side.

5. A reversible cuff comprising three flaps hingedly movable with respect to one another along a line of fold, one of said panels being attached at its free edge to a sleeve, companion cooperative fastening means carried with the respective ends of the cui, one of said fastening means comprising a snap fastener member carried with one end of the cuii" and movable from a position on one side of the line of fold to a position on the other side of said line, a companion snap fastening member at the other end of the cuff on one side of one of the flaps and a similar snap fastening member coaxial therewith on the other side of the same ap.

6. A reversible cuff comprising three flaps hingedly movable with respect to one another along a line of fold, one of said panels being attached at its free edge to a sleeve, companion cooperative fastening means carried with the respectiv ends of the cuff, one of said fastening means comprising a strap carried with one end of the cuff, a slide thereon, a snap fastener member carried with the slide whereby said fastener member is movable from a position on one side of the line of fold to a position on the other side of said line, a companion fastening member at the other end of the cuff on one side of one of the flaps and a similar fastening member coaxial therewith on the other side of the same flap.

7. A reversible cui comprising three flaps hingedly movable with respect to one another along a line of fold, one of said panels being attached at its free edge to a sleeve, companion cooperative fastening means carried with the respective ends of the cuff, one of said fastening means comprising a strap carried with one end of the cuff, a slide thereon, a snap fastener member carried with the slide whereby said fastener member is movable from a position on one side of the line of fold to a position on the other side of said line, a companion fastening member at the other end of the cuff on one side of one of the aps and a similar fastening member coaxial therewith on the other side of the same iiap, said coaxial companion snap fastening members being close to the line of fold.

8. A reversible cuit foldable on a line transversely of the sleeve and formed at one end with a button hole, and having closely adjacent thereto a cu button sewed on by a thread in such manner that said button can be passedthrough said button hole in order to appear on the other side of the cu and having at the midpoint of the other end two parallel adjacent button holes of equal size, whereof one is arranged on one cul flap and the other is arranged closely adjacent thereto on an adjacent flap, said button holes being in exact register whereby the cuff button may be simultaneously passed through both button holes.

MAX L. GOLDSCHMJDT. 

